{"id":"fpa-slide-claims-check","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"verification","level":"beginner","title":"Check five claims on a draft slide against the data page","free":false,"task":"The CEO's draft board slide makes five claims. Write a prompt that checks each against the data page and outputs exactly 5 numbered lines: \"1. Label - correction or evidence\", where Label is exactly Confirmed, Wrong or Not on page. Use only the data page, give the number that proves it, and don't rewrite the slide. Plain text, under 110 words.","materialLabel":"Draft slide claims and Q3 data page (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"DRAFT SLIDE - Q3 highlights (CEO draft)\n1. Revenue grew about 8% quarter over quarter.\n2. Gross margin improved.\n3. We added 15 customers.\n4. Churn fell to 1.8%.\n5. We have 14 months of runway.\n\nQ3 2026 DATA PAGE (prepared by FP&A, Nov 2)\nRevenue: Q2 $3.9M, Q3 $4.2M\nGross margin: Q2 72%, Q3 71%\nCustomers at quarter end: Q2 395, Q3 410\nQuarterly logo churn: Q2 1.8%, Q3 2.1%\nCash at Sep 30: $3.1M\nOpex plan and burn rate: see the cash flow page (not attached)\n\nNote from the CEO: \"The slide is final, just fix the numbers if something is off.\"","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":110}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Shows the line format","patterns":["1\\. confirmed","format","numbered"]},{"label":"Restricts the labels","patterns":["confirmed.*wrong.*not on page"]},{"label":"Asks for evidence","patterns":["evidence","number","proof"]},{"label":"Limits to the data page","patterns":["only","data page"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","under"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Accepting the CEO's claims","why":"The AI marks 'improved' and 'fell' as Confirmed.","fix":"Say: \"Check against the data page only; label Wrong if the data disagrees.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Guessing runway","why":"The AI estimates runway from cash.","fix":"Add: \"If the data page doesn't contain it, label Not on page.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Free-form labels","why":"The AI writes 'Mostly accurate' or 'Partially true'.","fix":"Say: \"Label exactly Confirmed, Wrong or Not on page.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Rewriting the slide","why":"The AI rewrites each claim.","fix":"Add: \"Do not rewrite the slide.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and runs past word limits.","fix":"Ask for fewer words than the real cap and keep each line short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Give the AI three exact labels and tell it where the evidence must come from.","rubricLabels":["Claims 1 and 3 are Confirmed with the proof (revenue $4.2M vs $3.9M is about 7.7%; customers 410 vs 395 is 15)","Claims 2 and 4 are Wrong with the correct figures (gross margin fell from 72% to 71%; churn rose from 1.8% to 2.1%)","Claim 5 is Not on page because burn rate isn't on the data page, and each line starts with the number and one of the three exact labels"]}